YOU can help..

Balfie

So with the cold weather, and ice covering most pathways to houses and paths outside, we should all take the time to ask our elderly neighbours if they are in need of things from the shops, be it milk, or bread,. Most elderly people will be afraid to try and walk out in this weather as a risk serious to injury. All I'm saying is try to remember your neighbours in this harsh weather.

Rogue-Trooper

Euthanasia

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bonerm

No thanks. Most of them voted for FF and will do again.

Gary4279

Balfie wrote: »

So with the cold weather, and ice covering most pathways to houses and paths outside, we should all take the time to ask our elderly neighbours if they are in need of things from the shops, be it milk, or bread,. Most elderly people will be afraid to try and walk out in this weather as a risk serious to injury. All I'm saying is try to remember your neighbours as in this harsh weather.

Nah, they didn't think about this when they burst my footballs...

cypharius

Can't we just let them die out naturally? They give me dirty looks whenever they see me, so why the **** should I help?

orourkeda

They still have their pensions after they went off bitching last year

Orando Broom

Balfie wrote: »

So with the cold weather, and ice covering most pathways to houses and paths outside, we should all take the time to ask our elderly neighbours if they are in need of things from the shops, be it milk, or bread,. Most elderly people will be afraid to try and walk out in this weather as a risk serious to injury. All I'm saying is try to remember your neighbours as in this harsh weather.

What if they demand Brandy and Cavier? The elderly seem to have high faluting notions.

Anyways there is an Oil Tanker blocking my street and a pack of wolves roaming around it. I'm not going out.

Balfie

Orando Broom wrote: »

What if they demand Brandy and Cavier? The elderly seem to have high faluting notions.

Anyways there is an Oil Tanker blocking my street and a pack of wolves roaming around it. I'm not going out.

haha brandy an caviar?? they are not all Brian Cowen an Bertie.... :rolleyes:

IvyTheTerrible

Balfie wrote: »

So with the cold weather, and ice covering most pathways to houses and paths outside, we should all take the time to ask our elderly neighbours if they are in need of things from the shops, be it milk, or bread,. Most elderly people will be afraid to try and walk out in this weather as a risk serious to injury. All I'm saying is try to remember your neighbours in this harsh weather.

Good idea, thanks for reminding me to look in on the boyfriend's grandparents.

Balfie

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Good idea, thanks for reminding me to look in on the boyfriend's grandparents.

you are more than welcome..

Kasabian

Balfie wrote: »

So with the cold weather, and ice covering most pathways to houses and paths outside, we should all take the time to ask our elderly neighbours if they are in need of things from the shops, be it milk, or bread,. Most elderly people will be afraid to try and walk out in this weather as a risk serious to injury. All I'm saying is try to remember your neighbours in this harsh weather.

Good on you Balfie, it's nice to know there is still a bit of humanity in the cesspit that is now AH.

seamus

The old lady living below me attempted to reverse her car into a parking space on Friday afternoon and ended up parking at a 45 degree angle, using up two parking spaces. And she decided that was adequately parked and left it like that. What makes it worse is that it's one of these. So now there is a arse-ugly shoebox blocking two parking spaces in front of my house. And she's not going to use the car in the snow, so it's there for at least another week.

So screw her. She can starve for all I care.


No, seriously her son comes down every morning and evening with his dog to check in on her

stovelid

Work in teams of two with one person escorting the pensioner to the shop while the other strips the gaff of heirlooms, indecently fat cash stashes hoarded away in cat baskets and bags of Werthers Originals.

Balfie

Kasabian wrote: »

Good on you Balfie, it's nice to know there is still a bit of humanity in the cesspit that is now AH.

Thanks Pal..

sensibleken

Also. Clear the ice off the path in front of your house. And for the love of god don't pour boiling water over your car to defrost it you bleeding cretin!

thats right im talking to you. The one with the kettle

fúckface!

Princess Peach

I went in and checked on my neighbour on Saturday, and then she called into me that night with home baked mince pies

It pays to be nice!

CrazyRabbit

Now, I'm an equal opportunities guy, so even though I'm not elderly, I think someone should offer to go out to buy some food for me.

I'm down to some custard, a cottage pie and stale bread. I'm only recovering from a heavy cold, so it's not a good idea for me to go out into the cold.

Any volunteers?

Oh, and back during the last freeze, I was walking to work and found an elderly gentleman struggling to stay standing. He was wearing a pair of those 'old people' smooth leather sole shoes that have very little grip. So, I gave him my ice-grips ( http://www.blacktoe.co.uk/ice%20Grips/JH-227%20Non%20slip%20snow%20cover.htm )

So that's my once-per-decade good deed done.

Princess Peach

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Any volunteers?

Will you make me mince pies?

MagicMarker

sensibleken wrote: »

Also. Clear the ice off the path in front of your house. And for the love of god don't pour boiling water over your car to defrost it you bleeding cretin!

thats right im talking to you. The one with the kettle

fúckface!

I use a kettle, doesn't mean I boil the water first.

And yeah, OP, can you drop into me as well? I could do with some milk. Ta.

senordingdong

bonerm wrote: »

No thanks. Most of them voted for FF and will do again.

Well in that case, brick up their doors.

Balfie

MagicMarker wrote: »

I use a kettle, doesn't mean I boil the water first.

And yeah, OP, can you drop into me as well? I could do with some milk. Ta.

Yeh no bother at all, anything else ya need? I'm doin a run to tesco now,

Luxie

orourkeda wrote: »

They still have their pensions after they went off bitching last year

And how many people on this here AH have been 'bitching' about the lack of willingness of folk to get off their arses and stand up for their rights in the past week or so, eh?

MagicSean

stovelid wrote: »

Work in teams of two with one person escorting the pensioner to the shop while the other strips the gaff of heirlooms, indecently fat cash stashes hoarded away in cat baskets and bags of Werthers Originals.

I think there is a certain group of people that have that market cornered.

foxinsox

FYI

Lidl have big bags of "driveway salt" for €2.99

Please do keep an eye on your neighbours!
Thoughtful thread by the way.

Fittle

Yeah very thoughtful thread OP, well done:D

I've a family member, who's not that old, but is a bit 'frail'...(she has arthritis) - so remember people like her also...

Balfie

Princess Peach wrote: »

I went in and checked on my neighbour on Saturday, and then she called into me that night with home baked mince pies

It pays to be nice!

I want some Mince pies, home made, yummmmmmmm, fair play to her.

Sitec

My elderly neighbours house was broken into last weekend. Saturday evening at 3 o clock in the day! Must ask them if their ok actually good man op.

seamus

Sitec wrote: »

My elderly neighbours house was broken into last weekend. Saturday evening at 3 o clock in the day!

Peak time for opportunistic buglaries apparently. Neighbours don't really notice strange people wandering around and people will often leave doors and windows open/unlocked where thieves can get in and out in a couple of second ands take wallets/bags/keys/etc.

KeithM89_old

I invited my 85 year old neighbour out for a snowball fight yesterday, if that counts.


She said no...:(

sensibleken

MagicMarker wrote: »

I use a kettle, doesn't mean I boil the water first.

And yeah, OP, can you drop into me as well? I could do with some milk. Ta.

dude, throwing water over your car makes it solidify into ice on the ground for other people to slip on.

unless you have a driveway and the water definetely wont go onto the path

alwaysadub

I'm stuck in Dublin till this snow eases up. My elderly neighbours are driving off in their big expensive cars with awd and rwd. Or they're out making snowmen and pulling their grandkids up the hill on a sled.
They should be checking in on me to see do i want anything in the shop! :pac: